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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

twelve hundred -
Twelve hundredr' exclaimed the
plcture-dealer- "Bonstettin. Bus he
shan't have i'll I'll say fifteen hundred
sooner than that
I'm sorry, obserycd Hurry; -but il
was painted expressly to order Tor him.
Couldn't you duplicate t?"
Il never duplicate any OF my pictures
But something like it2 Come
Venice view with lots OF moonlight "a
gondola, and big smudgc of shadow
in the left-hand corner. with nm assas-
sin lurking thereof? Something with
II motive
La" exclaimed Aunt Tabby. under
her breath
IN think it over. and let you know. :"
said Radcliffe languidly. AT present
I've got as much as | can do
Which was unfortunately nm indubit-
able fact, rs our poor Young hero was
not vet strong enough TO haudle mani
STICK
The dealer-no other than De Kaye
in masquerade retreated grumblng.
''Auut Tab6y's eyes sclntIlated j)y-
fully
Harry" she cried. you're on the
high road to fortune! You certainly
/ arel'
Il hope SO, aunt" said the young
man, YEARLY.
Two other customers, apparently all
| eagerness arrived during the course
/ of the evening, One carried off the
/ picture Of basket OF luscious peaches
/ upturned in nest Of hay; the other
made "a conditional bargain for Il bunch
OF daisies in slender green vase.
against Il background of wne-colored
/ draperies.
a delicate little supper of lobster GRO
/ quettes chocolate, and salad, was serv-
/ ed at eight, q, Aunt Tabby went to
! bed rejoicing in the luxurious apart
ment, with a stained-glass window and
F.orentine hangings, which Mr. DE
Kaye had vacated specially on her ac-
count.
why don't everybody turn artist?'
she said, to herself "Its q business
whore one can positively coin money.
Harry has improved wonderfully. and
that wife of his is the sweetest woman
ever saw!'
the Wycherly Building. Aunt Tabitha
Talbot always was Il RESTLESS soul. and
could no more abide in one place than
the wandering south wind.
But when she went home she sent f9l
n lawyer, and made her will IN her
Nephew Harry's favor Nor was it any
too soon, for She died ot apoplcXy with
in three months
Poor old Aunt Tabby,' said Tn,
Young artist. 81 only wish she could
| have lived to be as oil as Methuselah
But now that She has no furjuer use fol
ner money / must own that il come.
uncommonly convenient 10 us eli
Coquette?'
DO YOU know, Harry said Coqucttc
who was Just writing le,ur to invite
i've sisters to come and visit her. Nv,
often questioned myself "a, To- whethc
we did right in making Aunt Tabbl
believe we were SO pro>pnrous?
Gould man help being prosperous
with wife like you, CoqncUe?'
DO hush, Harry But can't thinl
lt was altogether wrong when | recall
that that day seemed the turning poin
OF all our fortunes. Orders really began
10 come in after that Everything wen
well"
Zone thing is very certain SAT-
Harry. 81 never should have amount
eel to anything without you, Coquettc.
And he checked her remonstrauc
with q kiss,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
Speed Of the Earth Iremor.

The estimate of 500 miles an hE
the speed at which the earth iemt
travelled from Italy and recorded ie'fi
the seismoscope in the Signal qce
Washington tends to discredit sfe
the theories as to the cause and NV {
these subter1auean disturbances vhic
were advanced at tho time of tn cart
quake at Charleston. IL is osyI; thu
a 'land slide" could not be the Fuse
such a commohon The nearly conc1
rent eruption OF the great voleai in Il
Sandwich Islands seems TO Ilcate
connection between the interna dss an
earthq sakes, but whether the omnQtic
is started by the contact of gask, d,
water with the fire is one of tie hin
that even science can only CUES at
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
Thinking and Working
ppnular Science New

In our present system of educatlc-
now happily passing away for pee
one-we want one man to be always va
ing; and we call the one ageuuemah
the other an operative; whereas the Eo
man ought often to he thinking and
thinker often to be king, ana o.
should be gentlemen IN the best sen
As it ID we make both nngentle, the
envying, the other: ana the mass Of
ciety is made up of morbid uuasS'
thinkers and miserable workers. IL
only by labor that Thought can be ~
happy, and the PROFESSIONS should
liberal, and there should be less P'
felt in popularity of employEssnt
more in the excellence Of achievement
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
The Millionaire, OF Prussia.

The official income tax returns Just
nublished show that the man who IS rated
highest in all Prussis is Herr krupt Of
Essen. His income is assessed at 5000
600 marks or $3.50 coo, on which ne pays
151. 200 marks, or e9,560 annually. Next
Gomez Baron Rothschhd, OF Frankfort
en-the- Main, with an income OF 2,15e.
GEO, paying tax of $1,000 marks per
annum. Then follows the British Consul
General, Baron Bleichroder, Of betlln
with an income of about 2,34O,e0O marks
paying an annual tax Of 6s,tao marks
or E2.420. The next two richest mer -
Prussia are two SiIesian iron masters
The only other Prussisus with an income
81 over 1000 oo0 marks are Baron Hanse
mann aud Westphalia magnete, each 81
whom rays rather more than Tl.5u0
year 10 the Treasury.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
4 Fair somnambulist's Frightful Lea


Miss Maria Harland, who live.
Madison street, between Sixteenth a
Seventeenth, met with an accident Al
early hour this morning that came n
resulting fatally. The young lady
somnambulist. While sleeping this mo-
ing she imagined that she was in n
way accident and her hallucinatiou D
sued her until she Thought that her q
means Of escape from death was by 4,
ing through the window. When
awakened she found that she had jumr
throgh the window of the bed 70,
which fortunately was on the first 10
She was bleeding from number of c
made by the glass and DR.. Kelch
summoned. The latter found that
brachial artery had been severed in
left arm. The blood channel was ,
cessfully ligated and the young Won
saved from bleeding to death.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
She knew Her Father g

A teacher in one of the Boston pin
schools vas interesting her little l-i
with talk on natural history, ano
facing the consideration OF eacu 4
with q question "a TO whether the
rem had ever seen the animal nanee.
length she spoke of the elk, and ~
stsly asked "Have any OF yon eN9.
an eIk: one bright little fellow -.
diately rose his hand. Well 9se.
have vow seen onei" Yes ma /.
came the prompt response; IN!
Is an elk This was reyeiatlUlH
convnlsed TIE teacher, and called ~
tention to a species shat she had -
irelv ont Of Ter calculations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

was taking notes in crowd the o'l
day and one very pretty black-eyea \
attracted my attention. CHANGING a.
occasionally, l would resume WIN
She caught, she idea that 1 was making
sketch of her for a newspaper, ana
once threw herself into an attltuae
make herself most attractive. she 'D'
light wrap about her form in pictures
folds and awaited developments b
up the farce, and was amused at the ~
Of pride that covered her features
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
COQUETTE.

When Harry Radcliffe married Co
quetle Carson it had been gen
une loye-match Coquctc was ono Of
a large family of dewy-eycd, rose-lippcd
prls. whose faces were thor fortunes.
At all events, other fortunes they had
none. And the other five sisters secret
ly enYed Coquettc when the handsome
Young artist took her away with half
dozen new gowns, q box OF initiated
northumberland, and % bonnet
fresh from the lutte milmcrs around
the corner
10 be sure, Harry was not rich, but
il was only question of time, argued
the five sisters, how soon he should be
famous as Mcissonlcr rich as CrWsus.
An artist like him was sure TO succeed.
And what fun it would be TO visit
CoQuette when She should be rich and
famous" ca led the i've in chorUs
81 haven't much faith in artists,
Old Colonel Carson said, obviously
"But Coquetlo liked the fellow, SO what
could say2'
So Harry carried the village beauty
OF to his studio at the top OF the
Wycherly Building, whore the walls
draped with gorgeous Oriental stuls
and every corner filled with picturesque
tables, high-shouldored japanese vases,
and quaint folding screens.
'llow do YOU like it, darling2' he
cried cxultantly
Its beautiful, Coquetto answered,
with shy sidolong. glance NJ tho damn
my, which. dressed in "Alarie Antoip-
ctto" costume, leaned up against the
corner of the wall, ms if "Marie Autoi-
notto" had had too much to drink.
But Thought Harry, it was Slttc. Y
$50 it iSr cried the young artist,
pulling aside sage-groon drapery,
with dadoes of Pompcian-rod plush.
And here's the bedroom
II should call it an alcoye Harry
We'll. it's plenty big enough tC
sleep iuG and here, opening the door
Of a tiny, threo-cornered nook, us
drcssng-room What could one want
more. should like to knowP'
Coquetle tried TO smile, The OLE
house mt home had been so roouly, SC
spacious, Aud here, in this cramped'
mp corner. She fcltas if She could scarce
ly breathe.
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''I INV 10" many ","V'n -, t tha n;ct
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.. iio% 20 10, w l ~, ,l,,,3r
M M. ny q"s'.,ul''l' u,,;u",, ,,.,.
nose o' y, 1aI4u,'"'n MOI. , rose
on tuo '"o,g' ''''S ','C 'e ''"'-, Ids
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10

Maud 5. now enjoys in the horse world
a place that i altogether unique. Mr'
Frank Siddalls, OF Phlladelphl', mas
offered Mr. Bonner $4,000 for her'
raise Of S25,o0O over The price offered
last week This puts Maud further than
ever ahead OF all known horses 50 far as
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
ARYBEL'S ROMANCE

Finding wife and Daughter After Twenty
Four Years SepaTation--A story OF th'
Var
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07
shutting out city Noises.

There are n multitude Of sufferers from
the noise of their ueighbOrhOOd who
endure what amounts to agony. exciting
their nerves to abnormal action and :heir
pulse to fever heat. when it would do no
injury to use a simple means OF Obviating
the whole thing.
The clangOr OF machinery. the ringing
ofbclls the cries and laughter. the wells
and rOarS of 100 or less children at recess
or at hall-playing, the passing of heavy
drays-ali OF any of these and other
things are sometimes fatal to the health
of the invalid and to the work OF the
thinker.
OFTEN it is utterly impossible to move
INTO a region where no heavy drayS pass.
no bCll-riuging il allowed; and then there
il hardlya region to bg found not invaded
blythe whistle of the steam engine. or where
boys do not shout at their game. and even
where there are no cocks to crow or dogs
TO bark OF birds to sing at unseemly
hours before dawn, there is always some
other sound to torture the sensitive
ear.
If now the sufferer will take bit of
Spermaceti ointment of about the size OF
pea, tie it up in small square of fine
linen, and place it deep In the ear, work
ing it round till it takes the shape OF the
oriice, leaving the end to hang out, not
a murmuT of sound can he heard.
The atmosphere is sweet and serene,
tho nerves are quite at rest all cxaspcTa-
ton Is subdued, and when the noise is
over, or the necessary season OF quiet has
been had, the little plug can be removed,
the muTmur OF the world allowed TO
return, and no harm is DONE lArgOnaut.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07
KATE HAS MADE A PIE.

Il cannot ask you up, Ben Blend,
To dine with Kate and me-"
Thus spoke a drummer to his friend,
And sighed right heavily
"I know l promised to, but then"
A tear stole from his eye
The cold. frost bitten fact is, Ben,
My Kate has made pie.
"The pie is not so deadly when
An expert wields the plate;
But that's a different pie, dear Ben,
From pies composed by Kate.
Shes not an artistic with the flour,
The -pige. the lard, so
Cannot invite you TO our bower,
For Kate has made pie
"You are an honest bachelor Ben,
Let me some truths unload;
Some i.tle facts TO ponder when
You're out upon the road.
Our honeymoon was filled with iOy,
No ciouGlets swept the sky;
Things might have thus continued, boy,
But Kate she made a pie!
a parody upon the pies
Ny mother used tu uaket
4 thing 90 .r.rd ID wild surprise
Mixed up with stomach ache.
A pie To- -saiure spirits up
From Sh..I- sulpuurOuS state,
On which might Macbcth's witches sup
That pie first made by Kate.
"What strange fatality attends
The young wifes pic-us art2
e-uatTimOuial pastry blends
Not with the wifely heart
Before the orange blossom fades
Wide opens many an eve;
Fen uu-ophisticatcd maids
Should make a better pie
And so I cannot ask YOU Ben,
With us TO come to dine:
some other day-suwc Sunday when
Ny wife has ceased to shine
As Empress of the Kitchen Range
Grown more discrCet-and Hv-
So Ben, old boy, don't think il strange.
But-kate has made pie,'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07
Historic Dogs.

Every one remembers the dog of
Ulysses, who died in greeting his mas
ter Just returned from his long wander
ings, and the story shows the consider
alton III which the dog was held in the
heroic ages of Greece.
The old Persians too, held the dog in
high esteem to the Magians he was a
sacred animal, the representative and
friend of Ormuzd, the Beneticent, and
the great satraps were distinguished
by their trains OF hunting dogs, as was
the King himself, and &erxes set out
for the conquest of Greece surrounded
by a great body guard of faithful
dogs.
Those most highly priced by the Per
SLAMS came from India. so called prob
ably from the Baetrian regions,
where the dog is still held in high
repute.
Captain Woods tells LIS that the old
fashioned Uzbeg would think it no insult
to be asked to sell his wife but would
resent an offer for his dog as an un-
paTdOnable affrOnt; while among the
border tribes of Turkestan the epithet
of the dog seller is one OF the profound
est contempt.
Indeed, the birthplace of nations is
probably the original home OF the dog,
and when our Aryan ancestors began to
migrate westward from their ancient
seats with their tlocks and herds they
brought with them, no doubt, their
fierce and faithful dogs, who have left
their descendants OF to-day-the English
mastiff, the Pyrencan sheep dog, the
Albanian wolfhOund.
Ancient laws, too, record the esti-
nation in which the dog was held. d" A
herd dog that goes for the sheep ia the
morning and follows them home at
night is worth the best OK" says the
ancient laws OF Wales.
The best herd dogs of the present day
perhaps are the Breton sheep dogs
rough, shaggy, uncouth-with an aspect
a. if they had Al little OF the blood Of
Brun ia their vezns. but highly valued
by their pOsscesots. who are not 10 be
tempted into parting with them 10y any
thing under the price OF the best OK :;
and the Breton dog is one of tho most
sagacious of his kind, watching and
tending his focks with an almost
incredi;Ae zeal and Devotion All the
Year Round.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07

Among the interesting results OF sub
marine or deep-sea explorations con
Quoted under the auspices OF the London
Geographical Society are those in refer
encc 10 the Atlantic sea bed.
II would seem that the bottom OF the
North Atlantic is occupied hv two val
leys. the eastern extending from ten 10
thirty degree west longitude. and trace
able as far as the equator. with an eE-
tremc depth Of les than $4,000 feet
while the western valley reaches from
the thirtieth TO the flftietL degree OF west
longitude.
The two are separated 10y a ridge in
thirty degrees west longitude, along
which the average depth D. only J. 600
TatLnm~, and which can he traced north
ward To iceland and southwark 10 the
Azores, IL Is volcanic iu chsrs eter. at
both eNtTemitie5. Its extreme breadth
L. somewhat less than $50 miles and the
depth OF the water increases on both
sides Of it according TO the distance Of
the axis
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07
APPETIZERS


He wassEsl. raw-HauCd and ungainly,
with hfe-augularity ill concealed by .
buffalo uvarroat, Tho whole crowned by
n wide vycli-tanned ~oui zero
He --rnllrd into pepular billiard
hall ou Madison street anI-- the dude
puoI-plavaI- all aClpr and all s-titter by
his crude remarks Ou tine game.
80 Sli-d gisin me a stick, young fel-
lerS." hc finally asked
The -vclls winked at each other and
the whisper went around, " Here's q
sucker f'
The old rancher remarked: 90 Used TO
play a purity fair game bout twenty
years ago deown in Ranchcr's run, In
Kansas. I'm from that dOgcaSted coun-
try. yeOw know
The halls were spotted and tho Wild
specimen OF pool amateur came last.
The four ' fine players took their
turns with the result OF getting two
balls
q. No s." said the tahle-keeper and tho
blizzard-hlowu ranchcr took on his
buffalo envelope and prepared Tor
shot He seized his cue a. 10 IL WIS a
pitchfork and hustled the first ball IN
the corner pocket He strOde around
the table like an Indian brave, making
all sorts OF banks and cushions and
fine shots.
He finally stopped when all the balls
were down and said
Purity good game. Play 'nuthcrs"
The bows wilted and one by one slunk
out.
When they had all gone out the Wild
Western player said:
" Guess they thought they'd got an
old scrub farmer. but it's no snap TO do
up Kansas cowboy. Used TO play a
tOlahlc game long bout twenty years
ago down TO hum
He did. indeed. He was pOol-table
Jack. Of Denver. one of the greatest pool
sharps In the Vest Chicago News
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07
Burdensome Christian Names.

"What a name that young man has.
said a clergyman yes serday to 3 News
gatherer as the person indicated left his
presence.
What is it?'
E. P. Baxter he writes it. Nothing
remarkable about that, but what an
amount of foolish patriotism is concealed
in those initials. The young man was
born on January 3d, 1863 and his parents
named him Emancipation Proclamation
Baxter, in honor of the occasion"
That's pretty bad"
Yes. but there are some parents with
cranky ideas on the subject Of naming
children.
d. One boy I christeued Perseverance
Jones. I endeavorcd to disSunde the
father but he said the child's mother was
called Patience, and he saw no reason
why the boy should not lie called Pcrse-
yerance because the two always went
together.
E" Within a few PAGES Of the grave of
Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, in the
old cemetery at Fifth and Arch streets,
there is a hcadstOuc bearing the iU-cTip-
ton: Sacred to the memory of s. l.. 4.
Lloyd If the owner Of that name We're
living now his friends would probably
cali him CcllulOid.'
Il had cOlorcd man named Alexander
doing some work around here once. I
used to hear the other workmen call him
'Trib and Hole. and it struck me one
day to ask him what his name was.
g. .Tribuiation Wholesome Alexander,
sah,' he replied. - Philadelphia News.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-07
The Choice OF Oranges.

To very many an orange il an orange,
the only variation distinguishable being
In size and corresponding price. while
those who know the difference between
" Florida" " Seville" and '' Messina
oranges are considered experts. The
" FLORIDA Catechism tells Us better than
that.
We learn from it that there are lover
thirty - varieties Of sweet oranges. not to
mention the natural stock " which Is
larger and handsomer fruit than the
sweet orange, and is excellent for orange
ade and maTmaladc but, being very sour,
is seldom shipped North.
The medium sizes are apt to be the
choicest, and probably the very sweet
est orange that il marketed is the rusty
coated and rather Unlocking orange.
which might be considered inferior by an
amateur"
Furthermore, THE way to detect
oranges is to heft them in your hands
pick out the thin-skinned heavy fruit,
and you are ali right" The lightweight
fruit is apt to Ice juiccle--, a condition
caused either by slight freezing while
on the tree or, more probably 10y the
poverty OF the soil in which il grew.
All this applies TO the sweet oranges.
The " kid glove oranges are grown in
Florida from two stocks brought rc~pco-
lively, from China and TangicrS. Hence
they are called Mandarin and Tangeriu,
Both are small; the skin IL loose and
easily removed. and the sections fat
apart so readily that a lady can cat
one without soiling her gloves; heHc,
the name.
Some other hits of interesting informa-
tion NAV be picked out from this 90 Gate
chism" 1t Is not generally known, Tor
instance that an orange that IS cntlreIE
dead ripe i'm December will hang on the
tree until March and is ready at any
IL Il Iii q - TgHfl ~
far from dctcriorating, 81 the longer they
hang on the trees tho sw"eterthcv grow,
and Florida oranges, purchased in fch-
ruary and March, are thereioe" apt U" Be-
better than those procured carly In Tho
season.
Again, the notion that, to know what
an orange is really like, ono must 20
whore the oranges grow appears 10 hc q
popular faliacy. as we are told that th'
orange picked from the tree is no r.i'.r on
better than the orange on the irIlt rt'tl
in the North. : Philadelphia ih4uiI T.